News Our impact goes beyond rice Discover the latest updates and impactful stories from IRRI’s work around the world. IRRI NewsEventsMedia Center Home News & Events News Highlights Asia Biologicals Platform moves into deployment with first crop programmes across Southeast Asia September 22, 2026 September 15, 2026 BASF Agricultural Solutions and IRRI extend partnership to further advance sustainable rice cultivation September 14, 2026 Philippines validates methane MRV roadmap to advance climate commitments under ASEAN-Korea initiative September 11, 2026 IRRI and CIMMYT Strengthen Collaboration to Accelerate Delivery of Climate-Resilient Crop Varieties September 10, 2026 UNCCD COP17: Integrated land-use planning could save billions for land restoration, climate action, and biodiversity All News Country - Any -AfricaBangladeshBurundiChinaSingaporeBruneiIndiaKenyaSouth KoreaCambodiaMozambiqueNepalIndonesiaSri LankaTanzaniaLao PDRUgandaMyanmarPhilippinesSouth AsiaThailandMalaysiaVietnamSoutheast AsiaEast AsiaAmericasEurope Date Published Min Max Search Stopping climate change from silently crippling the core of our food system We tend to paint the impact of climate change using big, brash strokes: jacked-up storm systems with terrifyingly violent winds, vast fields February 8, 2021 New CARDI director cites IRRI’s role in making Cambodia a rice-exporting country Phnom Penh, 2 February 2021 – Mr. Lor Bunna, the new CARDI director of the Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), received February 4, 2021 CORRA virtually convenes members for 24th Annual Meeting During its 24th Annual Meeting held online on 20 November 2020, the Council for Partnerships on Rice Research in Asia (CORRA) reaffirmed its support January 25, 2021 Vietnam adopts pre-emptive measures in the Mekong River Delta against El Niño With the proper agro-climatic advisory and planning system, 600,000 hectares of rice was planted earlier in Vietnam to avoid salinity intrusion January 21, 2021 Determination and Resilience amid COVID-19 Uncertainty The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) The COVID-19 pandemic has made generating income and access to food far more difficult for January 11, 2021 IRRI Announces New Leadership at IRRI SARC The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) announced last week the appointment of Dr. Sudhanshu Singh as the new Director of IRRI South Asia January 4, 2021 New Report about America and International Scientific Engagement: Lessons & Recommendation... The American Academy of Arts and Sciences recently released a new publication, America and the Future of International Science, that presents the December 22, 2020 Equality and Technology are Central to Sustainable Global Food Security The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a brutal truth: while global agricultural markets remained stable with production levels even reaching an all-time December 22, 2020 Vietnam thanks IRRI for contribution to VnSAT, increasing rice productivity and income for... 15 December 2020, Hà Nội, Vietnam ~ During the wrap-up workshop of the International Rice Research Institute’s (IRRI) consultancy to the Vietnam December 18, 2020 Innovation key to sustainable intensification of polder agriculture in coastal Bangladesh Above image: Farmers in a southern coastal polder in Bangladesh using machine transplanting. The International Rice Research Institute December 15, 2020 New research project to develop salt- and flood-tolerant rice for Africa within five years Rice feeds 3.5 billion people globally, and provides up to 20% of the world’s daily calorie consumption. However, climate change is threatening the December 10, 2020 Mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 on domestic rice value chains and food security in West... (Photo credit: Trade for Development News) by Aminou Arouna, Guillaume Soullier, Patricio Mendez del Villar and Matty Demont According to December 4, 2020 Protecting plants, protecting people: CGIAR germplasm health units launch phytosanitary se... The Germplasm Health Units (GHUs) of various CGIAR centers have come together to organize a global seminar series for the GHU’s International November 25, 2020 Japan and IRRI discuss strengthened cooperation for agriculture sector in Cambodia and SEA... 19 November 2020, Phnom Penh ~ A meeting between Japan’s Ambassador to Cambodia and the Southeast Asian Representative of the International Rice November 24, 2020 Vietnam’s NDC process to be aided with tools for assessing the costs and benefits of green... (Photo: In-person participants and representatives of IPSARD and IRRI at the training venue.) In supporting Vietnam to achieve its Nationally November 19, 2020 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 45 Next page ›› Join Our Newsletter Sign up to receive the latest research updates and global stories from IRRI. Sign Up
Asia Biologicals Platform moves into deployment with first crop programmes across Southeast Asia September 22, 2026